I went for the meal with Lynda on Tuesday along with Sophia from the little school, Peter (maths teacher at a high school in Meilong) and his student Galley - who was instantly renamed by the author as Kitchen to highlight what a ridiculous choice of English name it was.
The restaurant was indeed new but I suspect they bought second hand air conditioning because it was none too cool. The food however was reasonable and there were three dishes I could eat. One was scallops, another prawns and the other I was told was beef but am convinced was pork. The waitresses had nice uniforms too and the one on the right of the photo I took rather grabbed my eye, which was why I took it!
Try as I might I simply couldn’t get out of going to KTV and even had to sing a bloody song. What really annoyed me was that every song I asked them to pull up on the computer that I thought I had a chance with - wasn’t there.
Yesterday and today I played games at the small school for two classes per day with the final brace tomorrow. I confess I have struggled, not just with the having to stand for an hour and a half but also the oppressive heat. In fairness each classroom has a large a/c unit but they struggle with a roomful of hot bodies and this year I am unused to the heat, which is now in the mid thirties and set to remain so for the foreseeable future.
I did think I was going to have Saturday free before leaving on holidays on Sunday but I just had a phone call. I thought that perhaps this year they had decided they didn’t want me but the Charity school in the mountains asked me to come. It has to be Saturday or two weeks hence, and doubtless they will want me then as well for a morning. So Joan and I have an early morning pickup - 0730 - on the one day I thought I could relax. Still, it’s for charity.
That means however that this will be the last entry for a while. I will still be online at times but there will be no blog until I return, then I will be seeing a little more of China for a while, which I am quite looking forward to. I will meet old friends and see new sights - maybe even this place, who knows?
http://www.foreignercn.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7852:shenyang-guai-po-magic-slope&catid=115:travel-in-liaoning&Itemid=265
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZgzduQEjCM
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